seattle, north carolina. ohio, detroit, new york, all across this country. you name a place. we were young people, but we were drawn to the message, 810-point platform of programs, drawn to a mission, and we were drawn to responsibility. i can say a lot of things about bobby seale, but i will let him do most of the talking. i have had a couple of great honors in being with bobby. when i was first called to come to california they told me to pack enough clothes to stay for two weeks and ended up staying for five years. the only time we came back was to a close the chapter in bring everyone to california. that is how it went, but we followed those orders. sometimes we questioned, sometimes we fought, sometimes we tried to figure, but we just got the job done. and that is what it was all about. and bobby seale, the chairman was the person that after he we came up with our creative ideas, bobby could take this stuff and massage it and put it into a practical way to get it to the comrades, put it in a practical way to implement the programs, but it any practical way to show a stru